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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Grumbine, R. Edward. Where the dragon meets the Angry River. Washington, DC : Island Press : Shearwater Books, c2010 (DLC) 2009045718 (OCoLC)470818673 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
R Edward Grumbine |
| ISBN: | 9781597268110 1597268119 |
| OCLC Number: | 680038482 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (236 p., [8] p. of plates) : col. ill., map. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The Highest Good -- The Frontier and the Middle Kingdom -- Under the Jade Dragon -- Old Mountains, Young Parks -- In the Land of Twelve Thousand Rice Fields -- Into the Great Green Triangle -- The Dragon Meets the Angry River -- China 2020 -- Conservation with Chinese Characteristics. |
| Responsibility: | R. Edward Grumbine. |
Abstract:
China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories--every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang's raging waters were on the verge of being dammed when a 2004government moratorium halted construction. Might the Chinese dragon bow to the "Angry River"? Would Beijing put local people and their land ahead of power and profit? Could this remote region actually become a model for sustainable growth? -- Publisher Summary.
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"A must-read for anyone interested in the environmental movement in China. Through his lucid description of the development versus conservation divide on the Nu (Angry) River in Yunnan Province, Grumbine illustrates how, through transforming nature, China's attitudes toward nature are also being transformed."<br><br>--Xu Jianchu "Senior Scientist and China Representative, World Agroforestry Centre " Read more...
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